Nose pickers are the same...unless they pop those juicy suckers into their mouths in front of you. So you save on kleenex, but pay for it in hand sanitiser after they grab your hand to shake it goodbye when your done.... Just got the heeblies thinking about it all over again...euuggh.

Keep hydrogen peroxide handy for blood on the carpet. I had to give a bottle to an MD once that had amniotic fluid and blood that spewed all over his good pantsuit.

Anon above at 4:43 am: you shouldn't use alcohol to clean your stethoscope...it will ruin it (read the instructions) There are special wipes you can get for them...that's what I always used (between every patient!)

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